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Courtney vs Katie - What's the difference?

courtney | katie |

As a proper noun courtney

is .

courtney

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • * 1593 William Shakespeare, Richard III , Act IV, Scene IV
    • Sir Edward Courtney , and the haughty prelate,
    Bishop of Exeter, his brother there,
    With many moe confederates are in arms.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • * 1985 , B is for Burglar , Macmillan 2005, ISBN 0312939000, page 125
    • "One girl ten, another one eight. Courtney and Ashley. I'd have named 'em something else. Sara and Diane, Patti and Jill, something like that. I don't even understand girls.

    Anagrams

    * English unisex given names

    katie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (as a female name) Catie, Caty, Katy

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • or any of its variant spellings.
  • * 1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems , J.B.Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 ("Mary"):
    • And "Mable" 'sa name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely / While "Katie " suggests brown eyes and brown tresses / Created for love and lover's caresses.
  • The Missouri, Kansas and Texas (M.K.T) Railroad.
    • When the Katie came through, the town's entire economy and culture changed.
  • (poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"

    • References

    * {{cite web , url = http://www.holdemsecrets.com/handnames.htm , title = Holdem Secrets - 400+ Pocket Cards , accessdate = 2008-08-07 , author = Rich McComas , authorlink = , coauthors = , date = 2004-12-05 }}